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On this Ruminant, Jonah explicates the sadly prominent “antisemitism in the gaps” theory of political ...

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On this Ruminant, Jonah explicates the sadly prominent “antisemitism in the gaps” theory of political history on both the left and right, his proud status as an ideologue of the lukewarmist school, and the GOP’s inability to take “yes” for an answer on winning cultural issues against the American left. He also touches on how the GameStop kerfuffle is really just a case where “the market should be left to sort it out,” and how it isn’t some kind of refutation of libertarian economics, in addition to pondering the ways that the virtual world has started to rewire our brains.

Show Notes:

–This week’s G-File

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  1. Jared Meyer

    Man, this one was just so good. I mean, they're usually good. My problem is I always want to share these with people but have no idea how to summarize what any of these Remnant episodes are about because they cover SO much ground (yet do it so efficiently and succinctly in some cases — like the brief discussions of climate change and teachers unions in this one), and by the end of it I've forgotten what all Jonah has talked about. But... good stuff. Keep it up!

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    C C Writer

    And despite all the looping problems, I totally agree that if people aren't careful they'll start to think they can change real reality by pointing and clicking or swiping or even just wishing or talking about it. People should have jobs or hobbies or even chores that involve them in manipulating actual material stuff so they remember how real reality works. And if people read or write fiction that has some degree of fantasy or surrealism in it, this will help them understand that there is a proper place for imagining things.

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  3. CORALREEF

    I stopped listening at the assertion that when gov shuts down, dems close most popular ... like museums (?) and post office..

    https://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-post-office-mail-us-postal-service-never-closes-2019-1

    In fact, due to the unique structure of the USPS, government shutdowns never touch the mail delivery service.

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      C C Writer

      The postal service doesn't need a government shutdown to stop providing mail delivery. They do a bad job just because they feel like it. I went two weeks without mail delivery in November. And this is in a major city. Many people in my area had the same problem. The congresswoman had to get involved. Note, this situation predated the Trump administration and the pandemic, and it's probably going to continue.

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    Scarisbrick

    Just want to let you know that your leaf-filter rant loops at 1:08:15, but so seamlessly that at first, I thought you were just repeating yourself word for word. Then I realized that's impossible: Jonah has so many words, there is never a need to use the same combination of them twice.

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      C C Writer

      It nded for me in the middle of the leaf filter rant. Never got as far as 1:08. For me it looped earlier, in the bit about daughter bodysurfing, and some of that may have been truncated too.

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        C C Writer

        Then I went and listened to the end on the Apple Podcasts web page (on my desktop computer). The counter at the end went past zero into negative time as the podcast kept going. It went all the way to the actual end (see you next time and drums), but then the leaf filter rant looped. Why can't somebody figure this stuff out and fix it?

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      C C Writer

      Somebody was supposed to be fixing that. Somebody was supposed to be fixing that. Somebody was supposed to be fixing that.

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  5. Joe Curtis

    Another pod with a premature ending!

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      C C Writer

      Probably not unconnected to the looping. Probably not unconnected to the looping.

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  6. Joe Curtis

    Another pod with a premature ending!

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    Pierre Bezukhov

    The GOP could very well be in control if they had cut off that zombie bit limb immediately after impeachment #1. Nancy offered Trump up to the GOP only because she was under pressure from the squad. She knew Trump to be the gift that keeps on giving. Trump saved Biden in debate #1 by not letting him say anything. Trump convinces enough of his crowd that their vote won't count in Georgia and so Schumer has Mitch's job. Twitter could have saved Trump by censuring him sooner.

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    Stomaino

    I really hate those commercials with the guy and his emu! The worst was the one that ran with "our hero" driving like a maniac and distracting another driver shouting "I can save you!". Should an ad for car insurance promote reckless driving?

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    Stomaino

    While I wish we had leaf filters when my brother and i had to clear the gutters on our father's house years ago, I always thought that daughter's comment was silly.

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  10. Richard Fulmer

    I think that Jonah is wrong, the Democrats are not indifferent about Trump's Senate trial.
    They absolutely do not want him convicted. They want Trump to remain a millstone around Republican necks for as long as possible. Conviction would give the GOP a chance to make a clean break with Trump and Trumpism, and that is the last thing that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer want.

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      Pierre Bezukhov

      You're late to the party on that calculation.

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